Maryland’s GOP celebrated in November as Gov. Larry Hogan won re-election — just the second time in state history a Republican governor was elected to another term. But the party had trouble in down-ballot races, losing re-election campaigns by Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman, a moderate...

Maryland’s GOP celebrated in November as Gov. Larry Hogan won re-election — just the second time in state history a Republican governor was elected to another term. But the party had trouble in down-ballot races, losing re-election campaigns by Howard County Executive Allan Kittleman, a moderate...

Having a big bank account is an advantage for politicians — especially incumbents — but in these local races the opponent with the most money lost. The District 33 delegate race, the Clerk of the Circuit Court and the Anne Arundel County Executive race were heavily favored to go Republican, and...

Republican officials don’t think a recount is likely after a Democrat surprised everyone by defeating a GOP incumbent in District 33 by 185 votes, breaking a 20-year hold on the conservative district. Maryland GOP executive director Dirk Haire said a recount is not likely between Democrat Heather...

Anne Arundel County Executive-elect Steuart Pittman on Tuesday announced his transition committee chairs and new advisers that include two councilman and a local historian. Pittman formed seven different committees and named chairs for each. Those committees, all tied to communities, are called...

Democrat Heather Bagnall appeared to defeat longtime incumbent Del. Tony McConkey Friday night after a week-long count of ballots, a shattering turn of events in one of Anne Arundel County’s Republican strongholds. As of 8:25 p.m. Bagnall had 184 more votes than the Severna Park Republican. If...

Anne Arundel County Executive-elect Steuart Pittman has launched a website to gather information from residents and announce new members of his transition leadership team. The website, PittmanTransition.com, went live Friday and begins with a message from Pittman. Residents can read about his transition...

Anne Arundel County’s new head prosecutor will lead on the Capital Gazette shooting case, she said Saturday, and predicts the case will go to trial. State’s Attorney-elect Anne Colt Leitess said she would prosecute the case following the departure of her predecessor Wes Adams, who has handled the...

Sarah Lacey talked her way onto the Anne Arundel County Council. Sure, voters gave the Democratic political novice a 15,019-11,491 victory over Republican Kim Burns in Tuesday’s election. But that was just the culmination of her improbable journey to the District 1 seat. Lacey’s upset of incumbent...

Sign, sign, everywhere a sign ... Now that voters have spoken candidates are responsible for removing campaign signs cluttering up roadsides and intersections. But where do they end up? The Blue Wave Maryland Coalition, a consortium of politicos organized to push Democratic candidates over the...

It’s a historic year for the Anne Arundel County Council. It started as all-male with four term-limited members and three others running for re-election. It’s completely different now. There are six new council members and the gender ratio is 5-2 in favor of women, a historic number. There are...

Charles Carroll, a revolutionary and Declaration of Independence signer, served in the Maryland Senate more than 230 years ago. Looking out at a crowd of supporters Tuesday night, state Senator-elect Sarah Elfreth thanked supporters, family friends, Maryland Speaker of the House Mike Busch and...

A lot has changed in Anne Arundel County. After Tuesday’s election, the GOP-led county is set to flip over to Democratic rule in nearly every elected office. As the county gets set for a drastic turnover in political power, here are five things to know about Tuesday’s general election and how it...

About 12 hours after his victory over Steve Schuh, County Executive-elect Steuart Pittman said he will move quickly to establish his administration. He better. The incoming county executive has less than 30 days to set up a transition team, put staffing in place and establish his administration....

Anne Arundel is still purple but Tuesday it turned a shade bluer. Steuart Pittman and a blue wave lifted Democratic candidates up and down the Anne Arundel County ballot into office. The county — which voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential campaign — added one more Democrat to its...

Democratic county executive candidate Steuart Pittman upset incumbent Steve Schuh Tuesday night in a surprise victory. Pittman received 51.8 percent of the vote. Schuh received 48.1 percent. The County Council flipped to a 4-3 Democratic majority. At Pittman’s party at Michael’s Eighth Avenue in...

Democrat Anne Colt Leitess is Anne Arundel’s state’s attorney once again. Republican incumbent Wes Adams conceded at his joint election party with County Executive Steve Schuh, who also lost his race, around 11 p.m. on Tuesday. Colt Leitess is the first woman elected to the position in the 94-year...

Here are five sentiments voters expressed in Tuesday’s midterm election, in which Gov. Larry Hogan became the first Republican governor to win re-election in Maryland since the 1950s, despite widespread antipathy toward President Donald Trump. 1. Maryland voters still don’t like Trump. Trump lost...

Republican Gov. Larry Hogan easily won a second term Tuesday, lifted by Democrats who crossed party lines to vote for his centrist approach to governing despite their anger over President Donald Trump. In defeating Democrat Ben Jealous, Hogan achieved a rare feat in heavily Democratic Maryland....

With all precincts reporting Tuesday night, Republican hopes to flip two Anne Arundel County districts and narrow the veto-proof Democratic majority in the Maryland state Senate evaporated. Political newcomer Sarah Elfreth and Del. Pam Beidle, D-Linthicum, won in Districts 30 and 32, two seats...

Candace Antwine, Melissa Ellis, Dana Schallheim and Michelle Corkadel won their districts in Anne Arundel County’s first school board race. The historic election represents the county’s transition to an entirely elected school board. “I am very humbled and honored by the votes I received and I’m...

Anne Arundel County voters were on the way to overwhelmingly passing the three ballot questions. The three questions codified the county auditor’s access to fraud reports and investigations, allowed the County Council to change the minimum value for stricter bidding requirements and require notices...

Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh, a Democrat who has emerged as one of the Trump administration’s chief antagonists, secured an easy victory over a Republican challenger who questioned his record of fighting violent crime across Maryland. The mild-mannered Frosh, 72, held a wide lead over...

Ben Cardin, the Maryland Democrat who has held elected office for more than 50 years, won his third term in the U.S. Senate Tuesday in a three-way race. Cardin prevailed handily in a low-visibility contest in which the two challengers, Republican Tony Campbell and independent Neal Simon, struggled...